A totally genius analysis of the week’s political news from two certified brains. Ready to resist, progressive AF. Podcast posted weekly since 2012.
Episodes
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. A Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Getting Made, Despite Infuriatingly Rampant Posturing
2. The Turkey Chili Summit: Probably the Last Time Obama and Romney Will Ever Speak. And To That, We Say, Good Riddance Mittens.
3. Republicans Shed Their Love of Tokenism to Appoint Almost All White Men to Committee Chairmanships
4. It’s The Duckiest Lame Duck Session Yet!
5. Good news! It’s Not a Gene That Makes You Gay, It’s a...Succubus Demon?
6. The US Votes Against Palestinian Vote in the UN With New, Equally Lame Coalition of the Willing
7. Ablow Joins O’Reilly In Talking Through Existential Crisis Over Popularity of Gangnam Style
8. Sinkholes. Coming To A Town Near You.
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Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
A Late Post-Thanksgiving Edition In Which We Discuss:
1. We Are Still Talking About Benghazi. We Are Still Talking About The Fiscal Cliff. America Is Repeating Itself A Lot.
2. To Paraphrase Daddy Bush, “Who The Fuck Is Grover Norquist?” Soon, We Wont Have To Know.
3. Lame Duck Session Now Lamer, Duckier Than Ever
4. Chris Christie Experiences The Giuliani Effect. Perhaps Has Bright Future As Unsuccessful National Candidate Ahead Of Him.
5. Sadly, Government Drones Will Not Be Spying On Lindsay Lohan Anytime Soon.
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Sunday Nov 18, 2012
Sunday Nov 18, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney On Why He Lost: GOP Spent Months On Camera, Yet Remained Bereft of Free Gifts to Voters
2. 2016 Speculation Begins in Earnest Among GOP Governors a Mere 7 Days After Election 2012’s Harrowing End
3. “Dozens and Dozens” of Black People and One Chinese Person Vote In Maine, Worrying Incredulous GOP Officials
4. Shit Falling Apart In Middle East, Forcing Us To Read Up On Confusing Foreign Policy And Listen To John McCain Be a Curmudgeon
5. Lowbrow Disgusting Restaurants Unite in Opposition to Obamacare
6. Otherwise Reasonable People Enjoy Twinkie Chemical Aftertaste One Last Time
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Monday Nov 29, -0001
Monday Nov 29, -0001
In Which We Discuss:
1. Welcome NSA listeners! If we’d have known you were coming, we would have baked a cake.
2. SCOTUS has the most confusing week ever care of Antonin Scalia
3. Susan Rice is now more powerful than the Senators that tried to derail her
4. Marco Rubio proves to be a fairweather fan of his own immigration bill
5. Lautenberg’s absence spurs Chris Christie to do everything wrong her can think of in the runup to his own reelection campaign.
6. It’s our favorite time of year! The Bilderberg convention, the Vegas week of corporate conspiracy creation, kicks off this week. And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!